Re: silverfish around my daughter's cello and case

"Ben Crowell" <crowell08@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> My daughter says she's finding a lot of silverfish around her
> cello and case. This is a fractional-sized cello in a cloth case.
> She thinks they've mostly been under it, but possibly also inside
> the case. Can they damage her instrument? Should we put mothballs
> in the case or something?

I've been told that mothballs will damage the varnish of the instrument if

they touch it or touch cloth which later touches it. So if you use them,
be 
careful.

A bowmaker suggested to me that cedar balls are a good permanent 
discouragement to infestations that won't harm anything.